Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-28
A PULLMAN CAR EPISODE.
Mr. william Nye Recalls Senator
Leland StanfOrCi's Part In In.

~ UOIImAN VAN 6VtSSOcs
Mr.. william Nye Recalls senator
Leland StanfOrd's Part In In.
New York World: Some years ago q
big fat and pompous man strolled into q
sleeping car on board Union Pacific
train with the air of man who owned
things. After he had looked at every.
body till he had gratitied his curiosity, he
settled down in seat and began to watch
from the window the swiftly changing
landscape. The sleeping car conductor
put his hand on the shoulder Of the large,
globular man and asked him IL he had q
Pullman ticket. The wide man spread
his legs little wider, SO as TO take up q
little more ROOM breatned In about 2,70O
cubic feet of Nebraska ozone and said he
did not have to have ticket. "You have
to show ticket here in this car or 60
into the car where You belong" said the
urbane conductor who assists Sir George
Pullman in giving his beloved sleep.
I'VE are not carrying people this sum.
mer just to cultivate friendly feeling
between man and man."
"Do you know" said the large man as
he threw back his coat so as to show
two.pound diamond, that l can have
you out of job in three minutes and
we get to Omaha!"
mo, didn't know that, OF course; but
know that If you don't show me your
authority for riding in this car will call
the porter and we will use you to lubri-
cate the young and growing state OF Ne.
braska. You may be an eminent man,
but you have way of concealing it that
States"
You will find out who l am when we
get to OMAHA" said the large, purple
man, looking at his seven-pound watch
and swapping 1t so that n nervous woman
nearly jumped out of the car. You
will then know who am, but 1t will be
too late"
True, true" SAID the conductor, mus.
ingly. 1T will then be indeed too late,
for nobody who comes to search for you
will know who you are, and you will be
very shocking sight"
"Young man when you are my age I
hope you will know more"
"Yes, sir, | also hope i will know
more. And l wish ,yon had been blessed
by knowing more"
"Sir, my name is a household word
from New York to San Francisco. IL you
had ever travelled much you would not
have to ask for my ticket. You ought to
be able to recognize man who has been
in public life as long as have"
Possibly So" said the conductor, TAX
ing off his coat and calling the porter,
DuI SOHlSnOW you 10 not Tenllu INC VI
any great man l ever saw. You look
more to me like man who has struck
popular chord in leaf lard or quelled the
national cry for an earnest and tenacious
style of glue. AS | SAID before, the
rules Of this company require that you
| shall produce the currency, pass Or ticket
or get Oft and walk. win you show us
| your credentials or earn the everlasting
| enmity of the road by falling of the plat.
| form and InuS al N u n N tho riuht of
| The large mans breath came quick and
his brow grew black, rs he ground his
teeth and went out of the car. ] sup
| posed he had gone out to plunge Ctf the
platform rs we spcds swiftly down the
grade. went back to SEQ him do it, for
l had never seen man distribute HIM
self over a monotOnOus sweep of country
that way; but, much to my surprise, he
went into large, yellow special car that
was attached to the train, and we after
wards learned that he was Leland Stan.
ford, who has since that filled to over
flowing seat in the United States sem
ate.
The conductor continued to hold his
! position for years after, though several
times he made this sad error of no. rec
ognizing some OF our most eminent men
in politics, art and letters.
| Twice he missed IL on me. But ! did
not report him. for he ought to maintain
discipline, l claim, and besides, had
shaved Oft my mustache since we last
| met.
We ought not to ask too much of con.
ductOr. Our great men are constantly
changing their appearance by putting on
different hats or getting their hair cut,
and conductor is almost forced to de-
mand ticket or some other guarantee
of good faith from every one who travels
with him.
| G., I,..x
| physically, and this gives his brain
wonderful amount OF sea.room and
| good chance to stretch itself. He enjoys
being in the senate very much, for it
| gives him an opportunity TO meet other
wealthy men and helps him to forget
about the low, common people who
elected him. He is sorry now that he
| did not go to the senate years ago. III Is
the best place to go to recover from
| brain fag that he knows OF, and he says
that his fag hasn't looked so we'll for
| years.
The Conrad family of Perryvlle. Mo-,
| have lived a good many years between
| them all. David II. IL seventy seven,
Elizabeth seventy five, jacob seventy
| three, William sevcnty-one, Clara sixty.
nine, George sixty seven, Mary NJ. sixty
five; total, 497. The family are nj in
! good health.
| The recent rains have washed OF rinch
Of the tar and sand that was used to plug
up the cracks in the new Fifth avenus
pavement IN New York, and in gulies
OF the cutters there are now little pocko
| Of sandy tar that look as If u small gas
factory had passed that way.
The Siamese prince drank willie In New
| York compound OF beer and lemonade,
! which the compounder behind the ba {
declared to be the "rankes," in .bs ex,
periencs. r..